Battle of Jalalabad

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Battle of Jalalabad
Part of 1st Afghan War 1839-42
Date: 7 April 1842
Location: Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 34.456712°N 70.384276°E
Result: Akbar Khan defeated
Combatants
British & Indians Ghilzai tribesmen
Commanders
Maj-Gen Sir Robert Sale Mohammed Akbar Khan
Strength
1,500 6,000
Casualties
14 killed
66 wounded

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Synopsis

Sirdar Mahommed Akbar Khan came to Kandahar with a large body of troops hoping to take the city following the earthquake of 19 February. He found the damage had been quickly repaired however so he established a rigorous blockade. Rumour came to Jalalabad on 5 April that the relieving army under General Pollock had been repulsed at the Khyber Pass (later found not to be true). General Sale decided on an attack on the Afghan camp in the hope of raising the siege.

Almost all the garrison's fighting men were detailed in three columns for the assault. A skeleton guard was left on the walls. On 7 April at dawn the force issued from the the Kabul and Peshawar gates. The right column under Captain Havelock[1] drove the enemy back

Troops in the Sortie

Left Column
500 men under Lieut-Col Thomas Monteath CB

Centre Column
500 men under Col. William Dennie

Right Column
360 men under Capt. Henry Havelock

Artillery

  • No 6 Light Field Battery under Capt Augustus Abbott

Cavalry

  • Small troop under Capt Oldfield and Lieut William Mayne

Biographies

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Notes

  1. ↑ This was Henry havelock who lead the relief of Lucknow
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